BEST ACTORS/ACTRESSES of ALL TIME

THE HITMAN

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OK, since we seem to be having a "fave" or "best" trend lately, and the Oscars are just around the corner, How about...... Who do you think the best actor/actress is, past or present. Now I don't mean your favorite, I mean the best.=, the truly gifted & unique. I asked my partner who the best was & he said Tom Cruise because he likes his parts & movies. NO, no way. Tom Cruise for the most part plays Tom Cruise. And I liked The Hustler, among others, myself, but I'm after the best actors here with some decent acting stuff under their belts. No jennifer Lopez type answers........because she's hot. (she is)
My vote goes to Dustin Hoffman and I feel that we are all blessed to be able to view his work. I felt he was gonna be special when I first saw him as Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy. He backed that up as a lame student in The Graduate. Then he went on to be Lenny Bruce, a gal in Tootsie and countless other diverse characters. An Indian in Little Big Man, a mobster inBilly Bathgate. Just was utterly fantastic as Raymond in Rain Man and in Pappillon. He is still going strong in Runaway Jury and The Fockers. This is , of course, a partial list. There are counless others, but these are his most diverse and interesting character portrayals.

My next choice would probably be Al Pacino........Michael in the 3 Godfathers,a bank robber in Dog day Afternoon, cop in Serpico, marvelous job as a Miami coke dealer Tony Montana in Scarface. Very, very talented in these. Then there was Insomnia, And he just made me laugh my ass off as Lefty Ruggiero in Donnie Brascoe, even tho it wasn't meant to be a comical part. Coach Tony D'Amato in the football flick On Any Given Sunday........the bleak/desperate And Justice For All, etc, etc.
Maybe Im thinking of Paul Newman as my #3 and he is great. But he hasn't played as many "characters" as Hoffman & Pacino.

OK, I'm done. You guys go next.
 

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1-Humphrey Bogart---best ever-by far

2-Al Pacino

3-Sir Alec Guiness

4-Robert Duvall

5-Charlie Chaplin--what he did in the Silent era of movies in pure wizard like............

6-Worm44-I did a mean Willy Loman in college
 

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Nice choice, Englishman. See, I can agree :)

Top 3:

1) Morgan Freeman
2) William H. Macy
3) Frances McDormand

- yeah, I liked FARGO


honorable mention - PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
 

THE HITMAN

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Treyburn, Hanks to me is getting really, really brilliant......maybe even up with Newman, I suppose, although I forgot to mention such. Loved Nicholson in Cuckoos Nest. Worm........maybe I haven't seen enough of Chaplin to appreciate his work(s) (in an entirely different era). I will make a special point to see a bit more, now that you mention him.
 

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jack nicholson

anthony hopkins

meryl streep

jodie foster

gene hackman (underated - doesn't get noticed for some reason)
 

RAYMOND

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you have to watch these hacker now aday , they get your pass word
and try to stay trouble, its not like the old days
 

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i cannot go way way back -- all time -- but for my money the

best actors:

Bob de Niro
Jack Nicholson
Al Pacino
Russell Crowe
 

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this actor doesn't rank with the above but does anyone no the villian from braveheart i'll cut yor heart out with a spaooon i loved this scene :)
 

THE HITMAN

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U R right, Jack. Hackman has done a ton of stuff and doesn't get the recognition he deserves. I had the pleasure of meeting him one day at Gulfstream Racetrack. A true gentleman, I may add and very down to earth. I called out " Hey, Popeye" to him and he immediately walked us to a quiet spot and took time out to chat with me for a few minutes and, of course, he really didn't have to do that. He smiled profusely and seemed to warm up and enjoy being remembered for that part....Popeye Doyle, a true character in a great movie.
He's a big tipper, too, nothing less than $100.
 
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I GOT THREE ACTORS BUT CAN NOT SPELL THERE NAME :cursin:

WISH I WENT TO SCHOOL WENT I WAS YOUNGER :cursin:
 
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